Improvement in cider-presses



tw @attire JOHN soHAFFER AND-EMANUEL sToNER, or

WE STMINSTE R,

e MARYLAND.`

Letters Patent N 95,608, dated October 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMBNT IN (EIDER-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to'in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

l'o all whom 'it may concern: Y

Be it known that we, JOHN SCHAFFER and EMAN- UE'L STONER, ofWestminster, in the county of Carroll, and State of Maryland, haveinvented a new and improved Oider-Press; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, `forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 "is an end elevation, and

Figure 2 is a plan view.-

rlhis invention relates to a press, in which the follower slides up anddown upon vertical rods, passing through it, one near each of its ends.

The invention consists in providing, upon the verti-v cal guide-rods,sliding eyes, the orifices through which the guide-rods pass havingshaip edges inthe upper and lower sides of the eyes, so that the lattermay clamp the rods firmly when inclined a little out of the horizontal,said eyes heilig provided with hooks, by which they are. connected withlinks, attached either to the follower-beam or the operating-lever.

ln the drawings- A is the frame-work of the press;

l-.i the vats; and

C the follower-beam, working up and down upon the metallic guide-rods a,a, and between posts b b, of the framework, said guide-bars and postsbeing near the ends ofthe follower-beam. A

Links c c, pendent from the under side of the follower-beam,4 and nearits extremities, are piyoted, at their lower ends, to the fnlcrum of thelevers D, the inner extremities of which levers are connected, by linksl d, with eyes e e, the latter being provided with hooks e e', by whichtheir connection with said llinks is eil'ected.

The eyes c have smooth orices for the rods a to pass through, saidon'ces having sharp corners at their upper and lower ends, which cornersunyield-- ingly clamp the eyes upon the guide-bars, whenever the leversD-are lowered, and consequently the follower-beam is compelled todescend.

On elevating the levers again, the links d unclamp the 'eyes from thevguide-bars, and permit them to slide down along the latter, followingthe movements of the shelter arms of the levers, and to assumeA afreshand lower position preparatory tothe next descent of the follower.

The distance gained by each depression of the lever is retained, duringeach elevation thereof,- against the contrary upward pressure .of thematerial in the vat,

by eyes c", similar in all` respects to the eyes c, and connected, bylinks d" d', with the follower-beamen the opposite sides oftheguide-bars.

` The eyes c are furnished with hooks 6', likethose` upon the eyes e,which serve, in both cases, not only for means of attaching the links tothe eye, hut also of conveniently unclamping the eyes from the guidebars, which is done by simply pressing the hooks toward the bars.

Having thus described ur invention,

Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. Theeye e, combined with the hook e, link d', follower-beam C, and guide-bara, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The eye e, links c d, hook c', lever I), guide-bar a, and`follower-beam C, all combined as and for the purpose explained.

To the above specification of our improvement, we have set our hands,this 24th day of August, 1869.

` J'OHNSGHAFFER. EMANUEL STONER.

Witnesses SoLoN C. KEMON, N. K. ELLsWoRTH.

